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• Shirky: Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality Democracy and blogs from : petebradwell 12th March 2007
• Comment is free | The web works for the grassroots, but political power still l Comment is free | The web works for the grassroots, but political power still l from : petebradwell 5th March 2007
• Independent Online Edition > UK Politics Independent Online Edition > UK Politics from : charlietims 23rd February 2007
• Another inconvenient truth? Al Gore has announced plans to organise seven concerts around the world to take action on climate change. He is backed by the man behind the Live8 concerts in 2005, Kevin Wall. With Make Poverty History and the One campaign seen by most people as a huge success, the news that these concerts will take place in response to another of the most pressing environmental and social issues that we face has been welcomed with open arms. To a large extent, that reaction could be the right one. from : hannahlownsbrough 21st February 2007
• News from Westminster Brian Haw is the possibly heroic megaphone-clenching peace protestor whose lone vigil outside the gates of Parliament has lasted over five and a half years. That's a long time to hold a protest for. According to Indymedia, on Monday, following the latest attempt to remove him or limit what he can do and display, he successfully had the case against him (that he breached the conditions placed on his demonstration) dropped. There's a BBC story about it here.These hijinks stem from the SOCPA... from : petebradwell 24th January 2007
• Many eyes make bugs shallow Ever wanted to help write a Demos report? Me and Niamh are editing a collection called The Collaborative State, which is full of references to how blogs and wikis are going to transform the way the public sector works. So we thought we'd see if they can also transform the way we work. Click here to be transported to our new project wiki, where we'll publish some of the essays and case studies over the next few months.Basically, you can do whatever you want with them, but we hope you'll want to... from : simonparker 26th October 2006
• (how to) go down like london. The London Olympics in 2012 will be the first “post-exotic” games. The Beijing games the summer after next will mark the end of a 20 year run of host cities that used the games as a global launch-pad to announce themselves to the world. Our perceptions of Seoul 88, Barcelona 92, Atlanta 96, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 are all built on images and associations created during their Olympiad’s. For the majority of the 4.5 billion people watching London’s Olympics, the... from : charlietims 23rd October 2006
• J Curve First the world was flat. Now, according to Ian Bremmer, we should view the world as J Curved. Ian is giving a speech at Demos on 2nd November at 1100. If you would like to attend please email jcurve@demos.co.uk from : charlieedwards 19th October 2006
• The J Curve: A New Way of Thinking About Foreign Policy This speech by Ian Bremmer will offer a new geopolitical framework to explain how national decision makers define their interests and make their choices, and how those choices affect the rest of the world. from : mollywebb 19th October 2006
• Democracy Weak? This week is Local Democracy Week. Designed mainly with young people in mind (see Power Recommendation 16) the week will be a celebration of engagement and more engagement. As Shaun Woodward MP suggests on his blog - 'this is a chance to engage in those institutions that sometimes seem remote, out of touch or simply unavailable’. from : charlieedwards 17th October 2006

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